High Velocity Winds Leave Mark at Tripoli Farms
Wind storms Thursday and Friday caused major damage to two Tripoli area farms. Schwarze barn and machine shed suffered severe losses, with a wrapped roof, collapsed structures, and torn sheds. A large tree prevented further collapse. losses were insured but not yet totaled. Dorothy Chapin farm nearby reported a total barn loss while other buildings remained undamaged.
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Tripoli Farms
Tripoli
Raymond Sehmiles
Schwarze Farm
Dorothy Chapin
Tripoli Plans May Bike Promotion for Kiddies
Tripoli merchants launch a child oriented May bicycle promotion starting May 14. Five bikes plus ten dollars in trade certificates will be awarded to five city children 12 years and under. The finale draws Friday May 29 at 3:30 p m at the American Savings Bank corner.
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Tripoli
American Savings Bank
Rettig Furniture
Annual County Dairy Princess Planning Underway
Preliminary work on selecting Bremer County dairy princess for 1964 is under way led by Ralph Juhl of Waverly. The winner will be crowned on Friday June 12 and advance to the Iowa Dairy Princess contest. Eligibility requires aged 18 to 23, single, farm-connected, and possessing beauty, talent and charm.
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Bremer County
Ralph Juhl
Waverly
Iowa
American Dairy Association of Iowa
Bremes County
Eichmann Undergoes Surgery at Allen Memorial Hospital
Surgery was performed Thursday on C. C. Eichmann at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.
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C. C. Eichmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
License Examiners In Town For Saturday In Tripoli
Drivers license examiners will be at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Residents of Tripoli and the surrounding area may renew or qualify for a new license. Renewals can be done any time in the session, but written and driving tests occur only between 8 a.m. and noon. Examiners will not return until June 20.
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Tripoli
Salarn
Tripoli Scouts to Distribute Goodwill Bags Saturday
Tripoli Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts join Wapsi Micon area council in the fourth annual Goodwill Goodturn drive for Northeast Iowa Scouts. Bag distribution and collection support Goodwill Industries of North East Iowa aiding handicapped rehabilitation and on the job training, with pickups May 23 by 9 PM.
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Boy Scouts
Leaders of
Tripoli
Goodill
Wapsi- Micon
Northeast Iowa Scouts
Goodwill Industries of Northast Iowa, Inc
Goodwill
Duane Holm
Baccalaureate for Tripoli High Class of 1964
Tripoli Community High School holds a Sunday 8 p m baccalaureate for 44 seniors with Rev E F Puhlmann delivering the sermon If I Should Die Before I Live The girls glee club sings How Lovely Are Thy Dwelling and You ll Never Walk Alone The program includes invocations by Rev Gundel and Rev Bair and scripture reading The commencement follows May 22 with full activity schedule to be printed next week
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Tripoli High School
Tripoli Community High School
E. F. Puhlmann
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli
Catherine Hurmence
G. J. Gundel
St. John's Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Lloyd Bair
Methodist Church
Frederika
Jane Rieck
Ross Ager
Mickey Axon
Marilyn Beam
Virgil Block
Douglas Boeckmann
Joann Buchholz
Mary Ann Buchholz
Barbara Brandt
Janice Brase
Gerald Buhrow
Mark Bull
Jim Clausen
David Deterding
Charles Dietz
Roy Drewis
Sandra Elli
Four Persons Fined in Justice Court in April
Four town cases were heard in Justice J. M. Hayden's court in April with total fines of $56. Phyllis Mac Kindera of Waverly paid $15 for speeding, Richard William Buckner of Humboldt $20, Clair Thomas Daily of Waverly $10, and Ralph Jamison Lande of Des Moines $11, with costs added to all. Dr Weeber will be out of town May 15 and 16, returning late Sunday afternoon.
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Justice of the Peace
J. M
Weeber
Club Dance at Tripoli V F W Post
Tripoli VFW post hosts a club dance Saturday evening May 16 at the post home with music by the Duane Berley Band. No admission charge.
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Tripoli V.F.W. Post
Tripoli Post
Duane Berley
Convalescing Louie Rathe Returns Home
Louie Rathe comes back to Fred Rathe’s home after a stay at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo since April 22 following a paralytic stroke on April 8. Rathe’s condition improved as he recovers at home.
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Louie Rathe
Fred Rathe
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Tripoli School Board Awards Fuel Bids At Monday Meeting
Tripoli Community School Board approved fuel bids for the coming year at their regular Monday meeting. Four bidders competed for gasoline and No. 2 fuel oil. Low bids were Towne's 66 Service for gasoline at 21.4 over the drive price, and Tegtmeier Oil Co. for No. 2 fuel oil at .097.
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Tripoli
County Democratic Women Dinner May 14 in Waverly
WAVERLY Iowa national committeewoman will headline the Bremer County Democratic Women's Club dinner at Carver's restaurant Waverly May 14. Alberta Metcalf Kelly will speak at 6 30 p m on the war on poverty. She holds a BA and MA from the University of Iowa and pursues a Ph D. Kelly has taught in public high schools and at the university and is a partner in B L Metcalf Son in farm products and cattle. Tickets at the door. Men invited.
Third District American Legion Auxiliary Meets Saturday
More than 400 members of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary are expected to meet in Waterloo Saturday for the third district spring conference. The district includes Benton Black Hawk Bremer Butler Franklin Grundy Hardin Marshall Tama and Wright counties.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Waterloo
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Butler
Franklin
Grundy
Hardin
Marshall
Tama
Wright
Tripoli Track Team Places Second in Dist Meet
Tripoli High School finishes second at Osage district meet with 60 points, edging Sumner by a half point and trailing St Ansgar who won with 69. Seven Tripoli athletes earned state berths: Darrel Hinrichs, Steve Dettmer, Jim Krumm, Jim Clausen, Bruce Bunger, Dan Drape, Al Kuecker.
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Tripoli
Osage
St. Ansgar
Darrel Hinrichs
Steve Dettmer
Jim Krumm
Jim Clausen
Bruce Bunger
Dan Drape
al Kuecker
Dan Ambrose Oid
Darren Hinrichs
Larry Buchholz
Virgil Block
Dennis Bahlmann
Ray Buchholz
Darrell Hinrichs
Don Heim
Mediey
Doug Boeckmann
Duane Hahn
Allan Alcock
Sumner
Northwood-Kensett
Riceville
Rockford
Waukon
Lake Mills
N. C
Manly
New
Mason City
New Hampton
Ane Waterman
Coach Thurness
Gerald Zander
Tony Brase
Larry Kammeyer
Mike Fink
Richard Buchholz
Kurt Biermann
Dan Ambrose
Keith Heffernan
Commercial Club Dinner Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The Tripoli Commercial Club will hold its regular dinner meeting at Tripoli Town Hall Monday at 7 p m Dinner will be served by Faith United Church of Christ ladies The attendance committee will make personal calls for reservations If anyone is missed they should contact club secretary Raymond Bunger before Friday noon This will be the last dinner meeting until September and all members are urged to attend
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Tripoli
Raymond Bunger
Rural Mailbox Improvement Week May 18 23
Rural Mailbox Improvement Week designated May 18 to 23 each spring by the post office department. The aim is to urge rural patrons to improve mailboxes for convenient location neat appearance weather protection and safety. Painted boxes free of rust with owner name visible to the carrier.
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Post Office Department
Final Rites for Mrs Grace Woodcock Held This Morning
Mrs Grace Woodcock 75 died Sunday at Mercy hospital Waverly where she had been a patient since April 6 Funeral services were this Wednesday at 10 o clock in Faith United Church of Christ Rev E F Puhlmann officiating Interment was at Ocheyedan with casket bearers listed She was born October 1 1888 in Alma Nebraska to William H Pierce and Viola Jessup Pierce She married Rev Albert C Woodcock September 21 1940 They lived in California Ocheyedan and Tripoli before settling in Tripoli in 1941 Survived by brother Burt Pierce Sibley and sister Mrs Annis Cleveland Ocheyedan Her husband preceded her in 1959 and was pastor of First Congregational Church Tripoli for many years.
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Grace Woodcock
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Faith United Church of Christ
E. F. Puhlmann
Alma
Nebr
William H. Pierce
Viola (Jessup) Pierce
Albert C. Woodcock
California
Ocheyedan
Tripoli
Burt Pierce
Sibley
Annis Cleveland
First Congregational Church
Bremer County Centralizes Special Education Building
David McMillan, Bremer county special education director, explains the move to centralize services at a new building near the Tripoli school district. The plan groups educable students by age, reduces transport costs, and consolidates psychology, speech therapy, and supervision under one county unit, serving Bremer’s public schools for the 1964-65 year.
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David McMillan
Bremer County
Tripoli
County Board of Education
Town Team Baseball Manager Calls First Practice for Friday
Harley Bergmann, manager of the Tripoli town baseball team, has set the first practice at the ball park for Friday at 7 p.m. All interested players should report or contact Bergmann. If weather is unfavorable, the session will move to Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Harley Bergmann
Tripoli Town
Ball Park
Bergmann
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Schwarze
Owever
Chapin Barn
Tripoli Merants
Arks
Icense
Ripoli Scouts
Willistribute
Goodwill Ags
Betty Farr
Michael Fink
Evelyn Hahn
Kathy Hagedorn
Wanda Haynes
Connie Heinemann
Laura Hurmence
Ben Kehe
Marlys Kelsey
Retha Klein
Elaine Klenzmann
Shery! Magnall
Judy Meier
Kathryn Miller
Iva Mowatt
Nancy Mueller
Merna Niemeyer
Larry Rosel
Gary Schnurstein
Margene Schuldt
Eileen Sievers
Marian Stumme
Mary Jean
Tripoli School Board
County Democratic Women’s Club
Panthers
Ners
Iowa City
Robert Thurness
Plainfield
West Union
Commercial Club
Howard Pigg
Richard Opheim
Mervyn Ormston
J. P. Snelling
E. W. Kirchhoff
Leland Timmerman
Picture Tripoli High School
Glenn Ladage
Bob Towne
Dick Magnall
Brent Steere
LaWain Judisch
Dave Buchholz
Mike Nuss
Justin Biermann
Lionel Bergmann
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